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ROH: A Night of Appreciation (04.2002)
ROH: A Night of Appreciation
April 27, 2002
Philadelphia, PA
Murphy Rec Center
We see the Carnage Crew (HC Loc and Tony DeVito) getting together. HC Loc is the ref who got abused by the Natural Born Sinners on the first show. All I know about Tony DeVito is the jobber work he did on WWF TV in the 1990s. Anyways, they beat up a couple of ring crew guys and laugh it up.
Elsewhere, Quiet Storm wants to stretch Brian XL because he doesn’t like him. When Brian calls Storm a beeyotch, Chris Divine asks him what his problem is. This is Ring of Honor heat, bro.
Outside the Murphy Rec Center, Christopher Street Connection (wearing Da Hit Squad t-shirts) try to take over Da Hit Squad’s duty to hype the crowd before the show. As soon as Da Hit Squad find out and catch them making out, they chase these gay dudes back to NYC. For some reason, Dan Maff starts quoting Roddy Piper lines at the CSC.
Back to the Quiet Storm situation, he goes and finds American Dragon to teach his partner one of those freaky-looking submissions. While Brian XL is still talking crap, Dragon comes up behind him and stretches him real good.
Over in the Puerto Rican locker room, Tony DeVito enters the room on Da Hit Squad and Boogalou. He threatens Boogalou and walks out.
In other places, the old man from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission appears again to give the guys some details about who will be watching them tonight. How could they possibly care less? Eddie Guerrero gets a round of applause. This will be his last night in ROH and he’s already the WWF IC champ. The old man gives Spanky a hard time for wearing headphones while he’s talking. Anyways, this is a night of appreciation for Eddie Guerrero.
Your hosts are Donnie B and Steve Corino. Read the rest of this entry
ROH: Round Robin Challenge (03.2002)
ROH: Round Robin Challenge
March 30, 2002
Philadelphia, PA
Murphy Rec Center
In the locker room, Christopher Daniels says he considers Ring of Honor as just another independent promotion. He says he should know – he’s been in every independent promotion in America. He also disses the code of honor and tells us he’s here to pin shoulders to the mat, not shake hands. Tonight, Christopher Daniels will prove to Bryan Danielson and Low-Ki that he is the best independent wrestler in the USA today. The only thing you can do about it is say your prayers.
Gotta love all the faggy dance music used here in the promos. That’s SOOO Rob Feinstein. Then everything changes to some crappy hardcore music. Riiiight.
We see Da Hit Squad again ready to hype the fans standing outside the Murphy Rec Center on Shunk Street – a couple blocks away from the ECW Arena. Yeah, the ROH fans are SO HYPE now.
Just so there’s no mistaking, here is the Code of Honor. I feel like Gary Michael Capetta should be reading this like he does the Wargames rules in WCW.
Elsewhere in the back, Quiet Storm wants to show Chris Divine how to do a crossface chickenwing. If he hurts Divine, Divine will have to take him outside and show him what it’s like. Well, Quiet Storm puts the hold nice and loose on Divine when Bryan Danielson comes walking by and REALLY shows Chris Divine how a crossface chickenwing feels. BEST IN THE WORLD~!
Your hosts are Donnie B and Steve Corino.
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ROH: The Era of Honor Begins (02.2002)
ROH: The Era of Honor Begins
February 23, 2002
Philadelphia, PA
Murphy Rec Center
If the name didn’t give it away, this is the first-ever Ring of Honor show. The original idea was that ROH would take the best of the American independent wrestling scene and put them all onto a mega huge super show once a month. But it’s not going to be like all the other sportz entertainment bullcrap promotions that the mainstream companies have jammed down your throats for the past five years. ROH also refuses to give our fans the outdated insulting gimmicks that we saw from a decade ago. In fact, the wrestlers here must abide by a code of honor in order to remain in this promotion. What could go wrong, AMIRITE?
Before anything gets started, we see Da Hit Squad hyping ROH to the tour buses coming in from NYC and Boston.
Your hosts are Donnie B and Steve Corino.
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ROH: Final Battle 2009
ROH: Final Battle 2009
December 19, 2009
New York City, NY
Manhattan Center
ROH World Champion: Austin Aries (6/13/2009)
ROH World Tag Team Champions: The American Wolves (4/10/2009)
EDIT: I know this review is a little rough. I didn’t expect a FOUR AND A HALF HOUR show. In the morning, I will correct any major errors, but at least for now you have my knee-jerk opinions and thoughts on Final Battle 2009.
Due to weather conditions beyond everyone’s control, some flights have been delayed coming from several different airports from around the country, so we’ll see what sticks and what gets changed throughout the show.
Your hosts are Dave Prazak, Eric Santamaria (from the WRESTLING ROUNDTABLE~!), and LARRY FN SWEENEY. Read the rest of this entry
ROH Era of Honor Begins 2/23/2002
Ring of Honor presents Era of Honor Begins
Date: February 23rd, 2002
From: Philadelphia, PA
This is the first show of Ring of Honor. A video of the wrestlers on the show is shown. Read the rest of this entry
ROH World Tag Team Titles History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan |
Bryan Danielson & Michael Modest |
9/21/2002 | Unscripted[1] |
| AJ Styles & Amazing Red |
Christopher Daniels & Xavier |
3/15/2003 | Expect the Unexpected[2] |
| Backseat Boyz | Dixie & Izzy | 9/20/2003 | Glory By Honor II[3] |
| Dixie & Izzy | Backseat Boyz | 10/16/2003 | Tradition Continues |
| Briscoe Brothers | Dixie & Izzy | 11/1/2003 | Main Event Spectacles |
| CM Punk & Colt Cabana |
Briscoe Brothers | 4/24/2004 | Reborn: Stage 2 |
| BJ Whitmer & Dan Maff |
CM Punk & Colt Cabana |
5/15/2004 | Round Robin Challenge III |
| Briscoe Brothers (2) | BJ Whitmer & Dan Maff |
5/15/2004 | Round Robin Challenge III |
| CM Punk & Colt Cabana |
Briscoe Brothers | 5/15/2004 | Round Robin Challenge III |
| Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes |
CM Punk & Colt Cabana |
8/7/2004 | Testing the Limit |
| BJ Whitmer & Dan Maff (2) |
Rocky Romero & Ricky Reyes |
2/19/2005 | Third Anniversary Celebration[4] |
| BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs |
Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal |
4/2/2005 | Best of American Super Juniors Tournament[5] |
| The Carnage Crew |
BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs |
7/9/2005 | Escape from New York |
| BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs (2) |
The Carnage Crew | 7/23/2005 | The Homecoming |
| Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro |
BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs |
10/1/2005 | Joe vs. Kobashi |
| Austin Aries & Roderick Strong |
Tony Mamaluke & Sal Rinauro |
12/17/2005 | Final Battle |
| Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli |
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong |
9/16/2006 | Glory By Honor V |
| Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal |
Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli |
11/25/2006 | Dethroned |
| Briscoe Brothers (3) | Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal |
2/24/2007 | Fifth Year Festival |
| Naruki Doi & Shingo |
Briscoe Brothers | 3/3/2007 | Fifth Year Festival |
| Briscoe Brothers (4) |
Naruki Doi & Shingo | 3/30/2007 | All Star Extravaganza III |
| Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black |
Briscoe Brothers | 12/30/2007 | Final Battle |
| Rocky Romero & Davey Richards |
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black |
1/26/2008 | Without Remorse[6] |
| Briscoe Brothers (5) |
Rocky Romero & Davey Richards |
4/12/2008 | Injustice[7] |
| Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black (2) |
Kevin Steen & El Generico |
6/6/2008 | Up For Grabs[8] |
| Kevin Steen & El Generico |
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black | 9/19/2008 | Driven |
| Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards |
Kevin Steen & El Generico |
4/10/2009 | ROH on HDNet |
Footnotes:
[1]: This was an 8-team tournament final to crown the first-ever ROH tag team champions.
[2]: As a member of Christopher Daniel’s stable called the Prophecy, Xavier was allowed to defend the titles in Donovan Morgan’s place. Styles and Red were forced to vacate the belts due to an injury Red suffered.
[3]: The vacant titles were decided in a gauntlet match which also featured the teams of the Briscoe Brothers, Hydro & Deranged, and the Ring Crew Express. The Backseat Boyz were the team to survive by defeated Dixie and Izzy and were therefore awarded the tag belts.
[4]: In March 2005, Dan Maff quit the wrestling business and the titles were once again made vacant.
[5]: This match was to determine who would take the vacant ROH world tag team titles.
[6]: Rocky Romero & Davey Richards defeated Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black, Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries, and Brent Albright & BJ Whitmer in an Ultimate Endurance match to win the titles.
[7]: In May 2008, a Mark Briscoe injury caused the Briscoes to vacate the tag belts.
[8]: This was an 8-team tournament final to crown new ROH world tag team champions.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
ROH on HDNet Report (08.08.09)
ROH on HDNet
Philadelphia, PA
August 8, 2009
Your hosts are Dave Prazak and Mike Hogewood. Read the rest of this entry
ROH on HDNet Report (08.01.09)
ROH on HDNet
Philadelphia, PA
August 1, 2009
Your hosts are Dave Prazak and Mike Hogewood. Read the rest of this entry
ROH on HDNet (05.23.09)
ROH on HDNet
Philadelphia, PA
May 23, 2009
Your hosts are Dave Prazak and Mike Hogewood.
There’s a table in the ring and nobody knows why. Oh wait, here come the American Wolves and Shane Hagadorn to explain. Read the rest of this entry
ROH on HDNet Report (04.25.09)
ROH on HDNet
Philadelphia, PA
April 25, 2009
Your hosts are Dave Prazak and Mike Hogewood.
Tonight in the main event, Bryan Danielson takes on Tyler Black! Read the rest of this entry
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